Flat-iron stand.



No. 837,921. PATENTED DEG. 11, 1906. B. B. FISHER. FLAT IRON STAND.

APPLICATION IILBD DOT-7, 1906.

esse by 1 W Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\ ELIZABETH B. FISHER. OF ALMA, MICHIGAN.

' FLAT-IRON STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 19 06.

Application filed O0t0b61"7,1905- Serial No. 281,847.

This invention relates to flat-iron stands,-

more particularly to devices of this character havin means for attaching to ironin -tables and lilie structures, and has for its 0 ject to produce a simply constructed and arranged device capable of attachment without structural change to ironing-boards of different widths and which will support flat-irons of various sizes.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction. as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

I11 the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved device applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view enlarged.

The improved device comprises a base portion of resilient wire and adapted for detachable and yieldable connection to an ironingboard and a receptacle for the flat-iron carried by the wire base and suitably coupled thereto.

The base portion is formed of a rectangular wire frame having spaced sides 10 11 and bent at the ends, as at 12, 13, 14, and 15, and thence inwardly, as at 16 17, to form loops for bearing over and beneath the opposite edges of the ironing-board, as shown in Fig. 1. The sides 10 11 are formed into a plurality of reversed bends, respectively, at 19 20, each side member having two sets of the bends spaced apart, with the portions between the bends elevated above the general line of the side members, as at 21 22, the elevated portions forming the supports for the flat-iron holder, as hereinafter described.

The elevated portions 21 22 are provided intermediate the bends 19 20 with depending loops 24 25, with their terminals in alinement with the side members 1011 and adapted to bear upon the ironing-board and form intermediate supports to the portions 21 22.

The rectangular frame being formed of resilient wire the return-bends 19 20 permit the frame to be extended longitudinally to enable the frame to be disposed u on boards of different widths and to yieldab y engage the same with suflicienttenacity to prevent accidental displacement.

A fiat-iron receptacle 23 is disposed upon the portions 21 22 of the rectangular frame, and is thus maintained in position above the ironing-board.

The receptacle 23 is preferably of sheet metal, with three of the sides elevated and one side open, as shown, the open side to be disposed toward the longer portion of the board so that when the improved stand is in position and a flat-iron in the receptacle the tilting of the board Will not cause the flat-iron to slip from the stand.

In the process of ironing it is frequently necessary to tilt the board in adjusting skirts and similar garments thereon, and when this occurs there is danger that the flat-iron will fall therefrom unless means be provided for preventing it, and the arrangement herein shown and described admirably meets the reuired conditions, as the closed rear side of t 1e receptacle effectually holds the flat-iron in position when the board is tilted.

Any suitable means may be employed for connecting the receptacle 23 to the wire frame, such as clips 24, as shown in Fig. 1.

The bends 19 20 provide a suflicient longitudinal yieldableness to the side members 10 11 to enable the device to be easily adapted to boards of different while, while at the same time the bends being arranged at right angles to the surface of the ironing-board the receptacle 23 is held spaced away from the board, so that the latter is protected from the heat of the iron held therein.

The whole device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and readily attached to or detached from the board, and as readily adapted to boards of different widths.

The elongated portions 21 22 of the side members are preferably located near one end, so that the receptacle 23 will be disposed near one side of the board 18 for the convenience of the operator.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A flat-iron stand consisting of a rectangular frame formed from a single piece of resilient wire bent into loops at' the ends for bearing over and beneath the edges of an ironing-board and with each of the side members of the frame formed into reversed yielding bends spaced apart with the portions of the frames between the bends spaced from the longitudinal plane of theframe to form supports for a flat-iron holder and spaced from the ironing-board when the device is ap plied thereto.

2; A flat-iron stand 0OI1SiSlJlI1% of a rectan- I gular frame formed from a sing e piece of resilient wire bent into loops at the ends for l bearing over and beneath the edges of an .ironingrboard and with each of the side members of't he frame formed into reversed yieldplied thereto I having means for attachment to the elevated ing bends spaced apart with the portions of the frames between the bends spaced from the longitudinal plane of the frame to form supports for a flat-iron holder and spaced from the ironing-board when the device is apand a receptacle for a flat-iron portions of the side members of said frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.-

ELIZABETH B. FISHER. Witnesses: v EVA E. HUDSON RUTH HUDSON 

